Steve Ballmer

It had to be more than a bit awkward, Steve Ballmer milling about in a Las Vegas ballroom with Mark Cuban only days after the Clippers won a bizarre, back-and-forth battle for prized free agent DeAndre Jordan. Cuban described the initial exchange between the NBA team owners as "more than a little frigid" Wednesday on his messaging app Cyber Dust but added "we both cleared the air on a few things" related to Jordan backing out of a verbal commitment to the Dallas Mavericks last week to re-sign with the Clippers for four years and $87.6 million. "I told him exactly what I told other owners, I didn't have a problem with his hail Mary approach to keeping a...

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Ah, the intrigue of pro sports. It will take years to figure out if DeAndre Jordan is really worth nearly $100 million. But the other hand, we already know what his word is worth.
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